The Stanford Daily

Author: Amit Arora

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Okazaki evicted from UCLA

By Amit Arora
NEWS| In May 2007, The Daily reported that Elizabeth Okazaki, over the course of four years, attended graduate physics seminars, assumed a locker space, and, for months at a time, procured rooms in which to sleep in the Varian Physics Lab.

Physics lab squatter banned from campus

By Amit Arora and Daniel Novinson
NEWS| The University plans to inform Elizabeth Okazaki, the apparent imposter who has sporadically lived in the Varian Physics Lab for four years, that she is no longer welcome on Stanford’s campus.

Azia used Stanford to get ROTC spot

By Daniel Novinson and Amit Arora
NEWS| To her friends in Kimball and Okada, she was Stanford student Azia Kim. But to her comrades in Santa Clara University’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) detachment, she was a Private Cadet affectionately nicknamed AK.

Imposter II? Four years in Varian

By Amit Arora and Daniel Novinson
NEWS| For the last four years, Elizabeth Okazaki has attended graduate physics seminars, used the offices reserved for doctoral and post-doctoral physics students and — for all intents and purposes made the Varian Physics Lab her home. The only problem is that Okazaki appears to have no affiliation with Stanford.

Yearbook forced Kim's exposure

By Amit Arora
NEWS| In exclusive interviews with a number of Azia Kim’s high school colleagues, The Daily has learned intimate details about Kim’s character, the perceived pressure placed on students in her competitive high school and how she deceived both her friends and parents from the very beginning.

Friends of The Daily honors student journalists

By Amit Arora
NEWS| The Daily’s alumni organization, Friends of The Stanford Daily, awarded scholarships to five of the paper’s journalists on Thursday to help them pursue summer internships with local newspapers.

Trustees weigh increased spending of endowment

By Amit Arora
NEWS| The University’s endowment is growing much faster than it is being spent, according to Board of Trustees Chair Burt McMurty. Given the continuing double-digit growth rates in the endowment fund each year, the Board will consider increasing endowment payouts at its June meeting.

Disputes cloud sweat-free negotiations

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Representatives from the Stanford SweatFree Coalition met with the administration for the sixth time in eight weeks last Wednesday in a negotiation process that appears to have no end in sight.

Google calls on Hennessy

By Amit Arora
NEWS| After the stock market closed on Thursday, Google announced that Hennessy was elected Lead Independent Director of its Board of Directors.

A reality check for campaigns

By Andrea Fuller and Amit Arora
NEWS| Every year, like clockwork, ASSU executive slates propose extensive reforms in an effort to entice voter support. But according to a number of administrators, these published platforms are often vague, lacking the details that would allow for an accurate assessment of campaign promises.

International student aid lacks

By Amit Arora
NEWS| The low number of foreign students on financial aid reflects the University’s inability to extend its need-blind admissions program — which all American applicants enjoy — to the international community. The University recently announced expansions to financial aid packages for middle-income domestic families. Similar changes in the financial aid system for international students, however, have not yet been made, nor are they planned for the near future.

Hennessy's wealth explored

By Amit Arora
NEWS| A smiling President John Hennessy juggling a roll of money, a diploma and a computer chip glazed the cover of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) yesterday.

5% tuition increase imminent

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Citing rising costs and expanded financial aid for middle-income families, the University’s Board of Trustees approved a 5.46 percent increase in tuition and a 4.25 percent increase in room and board expenses.

Guest House workers walk out

By Amit Arora and Christian L. Tom
NEWS| Five of the Stanford Guest House’s 20 workers expressed dissatisfaction with their jobs in a powerful way late last month — using their feet.

Professor Emeritus of Music Salgo Dies

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Professor emeritus of music and longtime Bay Area conductor Sandor Salgo passed away on Jan. 20 at the age of 97.

Eluding extermination efforts, bedbugs reappear

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Despite an exhaustive effort by the Stanford Housing Service to exterminate the bedbugs that plagued Alondra in the fall, the unwelcome pests have resurfaced in the Florence Moore Hall dorm.

Students visit Hennessy, again

By Amit Arora
NEWS| About thirty students from the Stanford Sweat-Free Coalition marched from White Plaza to President John Hennessy’s office yesterday calling on the University to join the Workers Rights Consortium and Designated Suppliers Program.

Students rally against sweatshops

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Citing the lack of independent monitoring of the factories that produce Stanford apparel, the Stanford Asian American Activism Committee (SAAAC) has initiated a campaign to convince the University to join the Workers’ Rights Consortium (WRC) and the Designated Suppliers Program (DSP).

A 21st-century Challenge

By Amit Arora
NEWS| The message behind the Stanford Challenge rang loud and clear Saturday morning at Maples Pavilion, where the University elucidated the agenda of its five-year, $4.3 billion fundraising campaign with a roundtable discussion featuring six of the nation's leading scholars.

Alternate Ranking System Proposed for Universities

By Amit Arora
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New Diabetes Research Conducted at School of Medicine

By Amit Arora
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Neglected Goats Found on University Property

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Two bikers found 50 emaciated goats on Aug.

Frosh find holes in dry week policy

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Dorm staff and University officials last week praised AlcoholEDU, a new mandatory online alcohol education program this year for freshmen.

Trio arrested at Bush protest set for day in court

By Amit Arora
NEWS| While some students may have already forgotten the protest against President George W. Bush’s visit to the Hoover Institution a month ago, three still remember the incident clearly.

Beinin chosen as face of terrorism for book cover, sues publishing company

By Amit Arora
NEWS| For the cover of his new booklet “Campus Support for Terrorism,” nationally-known conservative author David Horowitz has chosen the face of Stanford History Prof.

Celebration meets with Protest

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Adorning trees with Israeli flags and providing free falafel to spectators, the Stanford Israel Alliance and Hillel at Stanford celebrated Israeli Independence Day with much festivity yesterday.

Partnership Day a huge success

By Amit Arora
NEWS| With more 200 volunteers and 10 local community projects, Stanford’s first Community Partnership Day proved to be a successful endeavor.

FARM BUSHWHACKED

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Although President George W. Bush was scheduled to meet with fellows at the Hoover Institution on Friday, the presence of more than 1,000 protestors forced him to change his plans and meet with advisers and faculty members at the residence of former Secretary of State and Hoover Fellow George Shultz on the outskirts of the Stanford campus.

NEWS UPDATE: Protests force Bush to relocate Hoover meeting; three students detained

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Although President George W. Bush was scheduled to meet with fellows at the Hoover Institution on Friday, the presence of more than 1,000 protestors forced him to change his plans and meet with advisers and faculty members at the residence of former Secretary of State and Hoover Fellow George Shultz on the outskirts of the Stanford campus.

Heng and Graham triumph

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Before a crowd of approximately 200 students in the CoHo, ASSU Elections Commissioner Tim Sanders, a law student, declared the Heng with Graham executive slate victorious.

NEWS UPDATE: Heng with Graham declares sweeping win

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Before a crowd of approximately 200 students in the CoHo, ASSU Elections Commissioner Tim Sanders, a law student, declared the Heng with Graham executive slate victorious.

ASSU election jeopardized by emails sent by Riller/Nguyen

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Yesterday, at 2:53 p.m., an unsolicited email was sent by ASSU presidential candidate Marc Rillera, a junior, to approximately 300 students in violation of campaign policies.

Executive debate sets scene for election

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Complete with an inflatable turkey and chants of “FLIP-FLOP,” the ASSU Executive Slate Debate proved entertaining the group of 75 students gathered at the CoHo last night.

ASSU candidates pulling all-nighters

By Amit Arora
NEWS| With ASSU and GSC elections scheduled to begin this Wednesday, on-campus campaigning rose to new levels of intensity over the weekend.

Close friendship forged on whaling ship leads to political aspirations

By Amit Arora
NEWS| The Sound and the Fury: Chaparral The Daily: What do you think are the strengths and the weaknesses of the ASSU, at least in the last year?

Insider, outsider status will help slate best serve students, candidates say

By Amit Arora
NEWS| The Daily: What do you see as some of the strengths and weaknesses of the ASSU, at least in the last year?

Heng, Graham hope event planning will come in handy to unify campus

By Amit Arora
NEWS| The Daily: What are the ASSU’s weaknesses?

Taliban admit haunts Shaw as Stanford letters go out

By Amit Arora
NEWS| In his former position as dean of undergraduate admission at Yale University, current Stanford Dean of Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid Richard Shaw admitted Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi into the school’s special student program in January 2005.

Greek groups reinstitute Order of Omega

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Although fraternity and sorority recruitment is not scheduled to begin until spring quarter, Greek organizations on campus have been active on another front.

Dorms take on themes

By Amit Arora
NEWS| With the Housing Draw quickly approaching, students will have a wider variety of rooming options to choose from. Added to the list of residential programs will be two new initiatives, as Wilbur Hall’s Arroyo will feature a symbolic systems focus for its upper-class students and Manzanita Park’s Lantana House will host a one-unit residential humanities program.

Islam Awareness Month draws to close

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Islam Awareness Month concluded yesterday with a lecture on Islam and bioethics at the Bechtel International Center hosted by renowned emergency room surgeon and Islamic ethicist Faiz Khan.

Gender committees created

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Facing allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct, Stanford Law School announced the creation of four committees to investigate gender relations on campus last week.

Lazear selected as econ adviser

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Stanford Graduate School of Business Prof. Edward Lazear was nominated yesterday by President George W. Bush to the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).

A Plaza Divided

By Amit Arora
NEWS| Rows of crosses lined White Plaza yesterday, as the Stanford Students for Life sponsored a memorial for the supposed “victims” of Roe vs.

One last chance

By Amit Arora
NEWS| With final contract negotiations between the United Stanford Workers and the University taking place today, more than 1,500 Stanford employees may walk out on the job come Monday.

Anti-war talk increases but protests drop

By Amit Arora
NEWS| According to the Associated Press, 1,967 United States military members have died since President Bush’s declaration hailing the end of major combat operations in Iraq on May 1, 2003.

Panel dissects proposition failures

By Amit Arora
NEWS| "The California special election was a huge defeat for the governor; make no mistake about it,” noted U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (District 14).

Calif. votes against all eight props

By Amit Arora
NEWS| With closely-contested campaigns on a number of propositions, Stanford students may be surprised to learn that all of the California special election initiatives have failed.

Students share stances on the remaining props

By Amit Arora
NEWS| With millions expected to vote across the state in the California special election, concerns regarding redistricting, pharmaceutical drug discounts and electricity regulation will finally be addressed today.

Stanford weighs in on props

By Amit Arora
NEWS| California special election fervor continues to run high on campus and across the state, as polling begins tomorrow. The eight initiatives on the ballot have elicited controversy, and various lobbying groups have heavily funded support and opposition campaigns for the propositions.

Abortion Initiative Incites Controversy

By Amit Arora
NEWS| With the California special election approaching on Nov. 8, debate over election initiatives continues to intensify. Proposition 73, concerning parental notification previous to a minor’s abortion, has emerged as an especially controversial issue both on and off Stanford’s campus.